Temazcal & Traditional Healing Therapist

Responsibilities

• Facilitate temazcal (Zapotec sweat lodge) ceremonies — wood preparation, stone heating, herbal bundle preparation, ceremony facilitation, guest guidance
• Deliver post-temazcal therapeutic treatments — cooling massage, mineral rehydration body treatment, lymphatic drainage
• Apply traditional Oaxacan plant medicine knowledge in therapeutic context — hierba santa, rue, copal, maguey, local medicinal herbs
• Guide guests through traditional healing experiences with cultural education integrated
• Maintain temazcal structure and ceremonial space
• Collaborate with indigenous knowledge holders to preserve treatment authenticity

Requirements

• Certified massage therapist with additional traditional healing training
• Genuine knowledge of and respect for Zapotec and Oaxacan healing traditions
• Temazcal facilitation training or apprenticeship experience
• English and Spanish; Zapotec language knowledge is a meaningful distinction
• Physical fitness for temazcal facilitation — working in high heat environments

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Service charge
• Training in traditional healing practices from indigenous knowledge holders

Work environment

Temazcal ceremony spaces and traditional healing environments in Oaxaca. Working within a living indigenous healing tradition — in the homeland of the Zapotec civilization — is a professionally extraordinary and culturally meaningful context.

About the role

The holder of living knowledge. The temazcal is not a spa trend imported to Oaxaca — it is an indigenous healing practice that has existed in this region for over 2,000 years and is still practiced in Zapotec communities throughout the Sierra Juárez. The therapist who facilitates that ceremony for international visitors — who carries the practice forward with genuine knowledge rather than theatrical imitation — is doing cultural preservation work alongside therapeutic work.